State Duma Chairman wraps up official visit to Vietnam

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (R) shakes hands with Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal
Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin concluded his
two-day official visit to Vietnam on December 24.

While in Vietnam, Volodin held talks with National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman
Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. He also paid a courtesy visit to General Secretary of the
Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister
Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

At the meetings, the leaders stressed that the visit is of important
significance and continues a series of high-ranking delegation exchanges
between Vietnam and Russia, aiming to foster the bilateral extensive
cooperation, and marking a new step of development in the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive
partnership.

They discussed cooperation contents between the two countries and their
law-making bodies. They reviewed growing parliamentary ties, which have seen the
regular exchange of all-level delegations, mutual coordination, support and
consultation at multilateral parliamentary forums in the region and in the
world.

In their capacity, the NA of Vietnam and the State Duma will spare no
effort in assisting Vietnam-Russia collaboration in all fields, creating
favorable legal frameworks to promote bilateral economy-trade, investment,
tourism and people-to-people exchange at all levels, particularly between
Vietnamese and Russian localities.

Volodin stated Russia is willing to provide Vietnam with more scholarships
to train high-school Russian language teachers, in addition to 1,000
scholarships granted to Vietnamese students.

A highlight of the visit is the signing of an agreement on the
establishment of an inter-parliamentary cooperation committee between the NA of
Vietnam and the State Duma. It is the first time the NA had set up such a collaboration
mechanism with a foreign legislative body, which reflected political trust
between the two nations’ high-ranking leaders and determination to enhance parliamentary
cooperation.

On the occasion, the State Duma delegation laid a wreath at the
Monument for Martyrs, paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his
mausoleum, and visited the President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site in Hanoi.-VNA